Starfleet Design Bureau

[X] Arrowhead Hull

For a small ship short-range interception and basic patrol duty I'd say Arrowhead. It'd be nice to get our own take on the Warp Delta. A good little first try ship.
 
If anyone is curious on what the hulls would look like. These are the hulls from Ships from the ST:Enterprise era.


 
[X] Half-Saucer Hull

Furture proofing the design for when we upgrade to warp5. Yes it means it's not as mass produceable as we'd like, but it will have a longer lifespan.
 
Pretty sure this is what the NX-01 was notably lacking in the show.
Yes, but I believe the Daedelus class that follows does have Shields. Plus they're always a goal for Starfleet and Starfleet knows they're possible. So long term our warp coil and hull plating industry is more important.

Plus there's the issue that if a Convoy takes 5 years to get somewhere with the current engines our little escorts have to be able to make 5 year journeys as well. Since cutting the journey to 6 months, still means you'll be six months late to respond to an attack.

Unfortunately the strategic aspects seem to have been missed by the voters and now we're stuck with a local defense ship that cannot protect our trade outside of a fairly narrow bubble and expands a resource that is probably lower priority that Warp Coils and Hull plating. Hopefully we can correct that with the next project.
 
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